It’s a book that attempts to be both a murder mystery involving four former classmates who return to the fictional town of New Canaan and a social critique about a place devastated by social, political, and economic upheaval over the last generation. Then there are those who see a state of racist white people are angry about the crumbling foundation of white supremacy.īut former Chicagoan Stephen Markley hopes his novel-named after his native Great Lakes state-will help readers think of Ohio as not just a swing state but a diverse, complicated region full of flesh-and-blood people. Depending on the ideology or affiliation, some squint and see the state as the avatar of humble, plain-speaking “Real America.” Others view it as a downtrodden place that embraced Trumpism after being abandoned by Hillary Clinton and the Democrats.
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